Siân Hewitt

PFD Report Historic (No Identified Response) Ref: 2020-0208
Date of Report 21 October 2020
Coroner Tom Osborne
Coroner Area Milton Keynes
Response Deadline est. 28 January 2021
Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)
The NHS lacks appropriate safe placements for patients with Asperger's or autism who also have co-occurring mental health conditions.
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The MATTERS OF CONCERNS are as follows: It would appear from the circumstances of Ms Hewitt‘s death that the NHS are unable to provide a place of safety for those who are suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, or indeed other forms of autism, when they are also suffering additional mental health problems such as bipolar. The Campbell Centre in Milton Keynes was not an appropriate placement and I believe this matter should be looked at by NHS England and for more appropriate provision to be made for such patients.
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  • NHS England
Response Status
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56-Day Deadline 28 Jan 2021
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Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
On 11/04/2019 I commenced an investigation into the death of Siân Frances HEWITT aged 25. The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on 05 March 2020. The conclusion of the inquest was: I a Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism I b I c
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